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Screening tests for you and your baby: babies in special care units

Information about newborn screening tests for parents of babies in special care units.

From:: NHS England
Published: 1 August 2015
Last updated: 2411 ~~June~~August 2025 — See all updates

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This information explains some important differences in the way that the newborn screening tests are carried out for babies in special care baby units, neonatal intensive care units or paediatric intensive care units.

It is also available in these 12 language translations: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Somali and Urdu.

Published 1 August 2015

Last updated 2411 ~~June~~August 2025 + show all updates

11 August 2025
Updated with changes to wording and some new content throughout, especially sections 1, 2.4, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.

24 June 2025
Changed content type to guidance.
4 April 2025
Changed lead organisation to NHS England. Removed reference to screening helpdesk. Removed references to PHE from HTML versions.
30 October 2021
Added plain A4 PDF version for printing, to provide for people unable to access this information online.
16 February 2021
Updated text on use of personal information.
28 August 2020
Updated translations and added HTML digital format.
19 August 2020
Added HTML version of the leaflet.
29 March 2018
Updated with new statement on use of personal data.
28 June 2017
Leaflet updated to include new 6-dose vaccination schedule for hepatitis B.
7 November 2016
Added 10 translated versions.
1 August 2015
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Screening tests for you and your baby: babies in special care units

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